It was a pretty crazy month in February and if you want to catch up quick on all the webmaster related Google topics, here is your chance.
The big things are that Google booted a German link agency and their clients and also went after two polish link networks this past month. Google did their third update to the page layout algorithm and we saw signs of two other unconfirmed updates. It was also the 3rd anniversary of Panda.
Matt Cutts tried to define a paid link and there was this weird Google bug impacting the rankings of some sites.
Anyway, a lot more, see our stories below and for last month, see our February report. I should note, for the most part, mostly quiet in the WebmasterWorld thread.
Link Networks:
- Google Boots Large German Agency & Clients For Link Schemes
- Google Targets Poland In Latest Link Network Penalty
- Google's Page Layout Algorithm Updated For Third Time
- Recovery Stories Emerge From Google's Third Page Layout Refresh
- Google February Update: Possibly A Google Panda Refresh?
- Signs Of More Google Algorithm Updates Early This Week
- 3 Years Ago Today, SEO Changed Forever With Google's Panda Algorithm
- Google's Matt Cutts On What Is A Paid Link
- Google: Don't Disavow Links Based On Arbitrary Metrics
- Google: You Don't Have To Disavow Off Topic Links
- Google Bug Fix Returns Traffic To SlashFilm & Other Movie Blogs
- /Film & Other Movie Blogs Drop In Google, Matt Cutts Promises To Investigate
- Did Google Penalize Halifax?
- Google's Matt Cutts Wants You To Send Him Examples Scraper Sites
- Google Penalties Might Follow You To A New Domain Name
- Google's Matt Cutts: Bad Grammar In Comments Doesn't Hurt Your Rankings
- Google On Faceted Navigation: Block A Lot Of It
- Google's Advice On Infinite Crawl Pages & SEO
- Got A Google Penalty? Should You Start A New Site?
- Google's Matt Cutts: We Tested Dropping Backlinks From Algorithm, It Was Much Worse
- Google's Matt Cutts: Content Clarity Over Technical Content
- Google May Or May Not Use EXIF Data For Ranking Images
- Matt Cutts Gave Specific Details On Your Google Link Penalty
- Google's Matt Cutts: We Tested Dropping Backlinks From Algorithm, It Was Much Worse
- Google: GoogleBot Follows Up To Five Redirects At The Same Time
- Google Says Switching To HTTPS Won't Change Your Page Rankings
- Google Tests Detailed Local Reviews In Knowledge Graph
- Google Menus Now Officially Live But No Details For Webmasters
- New Sponsored Google Knowledge Graph Results
- 9 Months Later: New Google Maps Is Replacing The Old Version
- Google Marquee HTML For Scrolling Results Count
- New Google Easter Egg: Blink HTML
- The Typical Day Of A Google Spam Fighter
- Ex-Googlers Explain Why They Won't Give Up The Secrets To Ranking In Google
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